Dave Oliphant
Dave Oliphant is a native Texan poet, a recently retired (2006) professor at the University of Texas in Austin, the editor of The Library Chronicle, a noted writer on the history of Jazz in Texas, and editor/publisher of Prickly Pear Press. His recent books include a volume of poems, Backtracking (2004), a collection of essays, Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State (2007), and two translations of collections of Chilean poetry: Love Hound by Oliver Welden (winner of the poetry prize at the 2007 New York Book Festival) and After Dinner Declarations by Nicanor Parra (2009).
Oliphant was born in Fort Worth in 1939. He graduated from the University of Texas with an M.A. and took his Ph.D. at Northern Illinois University. Dave and his wife María, a native of Chile, have been married for more than 40 years and have two children and two granddaughters.